Opinion
Schwab: When a bunny goes high, MAGA just goes lower
Bad Bunny’s halftime show was pure joy, yet a deranged Trump kept triggering more outrage.
Opinion
State must address crisis in good, affordable childcare
As new parents with a six-month-old baby, my husband and I have joined the thousands of Washingtonians experiencing…
Opinion
Student protests show they are paying attention
Teachers often look for authentic audiences and real world connections to our classrooms. Recent student protest walkouts prove…
Opinion
SAVE Act will disenfranchise legal women voters
We’re hearing a lot about the SAVE Act — just approved by Republicans in the U.S. House —…
Opinion
Comment: Trump, the West have abandoned dissidents like Jimmy Lai
What nations focused on realpolitik forget is that dissidents are a weapon against dictatorships.
Opinion
Comment: Maybe we should show the EPA our insurance bills
While it has renounced the ‘endagerment finding’ that directs climate action, insurance costs are only growing.
Opinion
City allowing Everett business to continue polluting
Is it incompetency, corporatocracy or is the City of Everett just apathetic toward residents impacted by the city’s…
Opinion
Good reason for members of military to refuse illegal orders
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., texted me saying President Trump “called for me to be hanged” for relaying the…
Opinion
Support U.S. assistance of Ukraine in fight against Russia
As we enter the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we must remember that Ukraine’s future…
Opinion
Comment: Listen carefully to the things that Trump can’t unsay
What Trump said about ‘nationalizing elections’ shows the unconstitutional lengths he’ll go to.
Opinion
Burke: Whistle while we work to preserve democracy
Prepare for the work of patriots with a whistle and a new ‘Manual for Keeping Democracy.’
Opinion
Comment: Congress must place more controls on Insurrection Act
Calling on troops for law enforcement needs better guardrails than are now in place.
Opinion
Comment: Severe winter storms aren’t refuting climate crisis
Global warming makes weather patterns more chaotic, leading to damaging winter storms as well as heat.
Opinion
Trump: On immigration, Trump had right policy but still failed
His polling on the issue is underwater because of poor implementation and dismissive rhetoric.
Opinion
Comment: No, tax refunds won’t fuel a ‘non-inflationary’ boom
Income tax cuts benefit high-earners the most. And most refunds will go to debt or savings.
Opinion
Comment: Trump’s base is tiring of him at a bad time for GOP
Trump is losing support among white working-class voters, a bad sign as the midterms approach.
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Comment: Right may rue Trump’s expansion of executive powers
A Democratic president, along with reversing Trump’s orders, may feel free to expand them in ways they’ll regret.
